An anesthetic management protocol to decrease respiratory complications after adenotonsillectomy in children with severe sleep apnea

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 110, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1093-1101

  Raghavendran, Sreekrishna ^a   Bagry, Hema ^a   Detheux, Gregory ^a   Zhang, Xun ^a   Brouillette, Robert T ^a   Brown, Karen A ^a  

^a MONTREAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; DEXAMETHASONE; MORPHINE; OPIATE;

ADENOTONSILLECTOMY; ANESTHESIA; CHILD; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG USE; FATTY ACID DESATURATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; HYPOXIA; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MCGILL PAIN QUESTIONNAIRE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORBIDITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME;

EID: 77951007531     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0b013e3181cfc435     Document Type: Review

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